r/badphilosophy is a subreddit with 167k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses philosophy, worst, ethics, consciousness, and existence.
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Popular Themes in r/badphilosophy
#1
Ideas
: "i have solved the hard problem of consciousness"
4 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Is “everything happens for a reason” bad philosophy?"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "The job market for philosophers is abysmal, I typed in 'Philosopher' on all the job search engines and got zero results"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "What's the best Commarcho-Capitalist ideology?"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Business Opportunities for Philosophers"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/badphilosophy
#1
Philosophy
: "Female anatomy should be taught in every Philosophy school."
216 posts
#2
Worst
60 posts
#3
Ethics
: "A new school of Ethics I've developed. The Gordian School."
18 posts
#4
Consciousness
: "got laid and no longer care about the hard problem of Consciousness"
17 posts
#5
Existence
: "My own personal Complete Theory of All Existence (truth of all Existence, I say it be so!) Yes I wrote this in 2022 while actively in psychosis from adderall addiction."
17 posts
#6
God
: "God is not real"
17 posts
#7
Free Will
: "i can prove Free Will exists"
16 posts
#8
Reality
: "If you aren’t a Nihilist, you’re coping and need to accept Reality"
16 posts
#9
Religion
10 posts
#10
Morality
: "Give It To Me Straight, Is Morality Objective Or Not?"
10 posts
Flair Used in r/badphilosophy
#1
Serious bzns 👨⚖️
: "The job market for philosophers is abysmal, I typed in 'Philosopher' on all the job search engines and got zero results"
12 posts
#2
Xtreme Philosophy
: "Does anyone know what ontological means?"
10 posts
#3
I can haz logic
: "r/rationalphilosophy"
6 posts
#4
Low-hanging 🍇
: "I am an ACTUAL Philosophical Zombie (PZ), ask me anything!"
5 posts
#5
Hyperethics
: "Texas A&M bans plato. Aristophanes speech in the symposium is simply too woke to be part of an introductory philosophy course"
4 posts
#6
🧂 Salt 🧂
: "Public Masturbation as Moral Philosophy: The Diogenes Story Reddit Won’t Let You Post"
4 posts
#7
Feelingz 🙃
: ""Stop overthinking bro. We deadass live on a floating rock bro""
3 posts
#8
AncientMysteries 🗿
: "Critical theory is just gnosticism for snobs"
3 posts
#9
Not Even Wrong™
: "The French are the OGs of Bad Philosophy"
3 posts
#10
Dick Dork
: "Was G.K. Chesterton a Zoophile?"
3 posts
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Last updated: June 30, 2026